Conscription and the Nation
In America today we feel, more than ever, detached from our political institutions and our military. Most Americans are unknowing of even the most basic facts about the countries with which we share our world, and although most Americans support our troops - even if only in word - the result of having a small, professional military is that its members are sent off to fight in conflicts in lands of which the average citizen knows nothing. Nor is this without consequence to the country itself.…
